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Organization
Development: Behavior Science Interventions for Organization Improvement
Wendell L. French Cecil H. Bell,Jr. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
From
The Publisher
This comprehensive volume offers a state-of-the-art exploration of the
theoretical base and practical applications of organization development.
Thoroughly revised and updated, the sixth edition reflects recent
developments in OD usage, its expansion into new areas, current research,
and an evaluation of OD's capabilities and limitations. The authors address
the rapidly changing context of globalization, intensified competition and
collaboration, and high-interest matters such as Total Quality Management (TQM)
and large-scale organizational change.
Reviews
From Booknews
New edition of a standard text first published in 1973, providing a concise
exposition of theory, practice, and research related to making organizations
and the individuals within the organization work better. Arrangement of
material is in four main sections giving an overview of OD and its changing
context, description of interventions and their importance to teams and
intergroup and interpersonal relationships, issues in consulting, and
research and the future of OD, including a community's relationship to OD.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

FROM
THE BOOK
Table of
Contents
| Pt. I |
An Introduction to
Organization Development |
1 |
| Ch. 1 |
The Field of Organization
Development |
1 |
| Ch. 2 |
Definitions of Organization
Development |
24 |
| Ch. 3 |
A History of Organization
Development |
32 |
| Ch. 4 |
Values, Assumptions, and
Beliefs in OD |
62 |
| Pt. II |
Theory and Management of OD |
73 |
| Ch. 5 |
Foundations of Organization
Development |
73 |
| Ch. 6 |
Managing the OD Process |
105 |
| Ch. 7 |
Action Research and
Organization Development |
130 |
| Pt. III |
OD Interventions |
145 |
| Ch. 8 |
An Overview of OD
Interventions |
145 |
| Ch. 9 |
Team Interventions |
155 |
| Ch. 10 |
Intergroup and Third-Party
Peacemaking Interventions |
180 |
| Ch. 11 |
Comprehensive OD
Interventions |
190 |
| Ch. 12 |
Structural Interventions
and the Applicability of OD |
220 |
| Ch. 13 |
Training Experiences |
243 |
| Pt. IV |
Key Considerations and
Issues |
253 |
| Ch. 14 |
Issues in Consultant-Client
Relationships |
253 |
| Ch. 15 |
System Ramifications |
271 |
| Ch. 16 |
Power, Politics, and
Organization Development |
282 |
| Ch. 17 |
Research on Organization
Development |
303 |
| Ch. 18 |
The Future and Organization
Development |
324 |
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